ColumnistsGetting ‘legal status’ in America is harder than most people think. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE before he could.A resident of the U.S. for 35 years, the construction worker was fatally shot by ICE agents while still trying to navigate the nation’s arcane immigration system.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist an hour agoAmerican Caligula: Trump’s assassination paranoia threatens us allWill Bunch | Columnist At Ankara summit, tantrums aside, Trump finally awakens to Ukraine’s tech brilliance | OpinionTrudy Rubin | Columnist Nobody likes property tax hikes, but the city already protects lower-income homeowners | ShackamaxonDaniel Pearson | Columnist Be outraged by the death of Lorenzo Salgado AraujoWill Bunch | Columnist AdvertisementGraham Platner and the Democrats’ war on expertiseThe party spent years mocking Republicans for dismissing credentials. Now its voters are doing the same thing.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist Holiday lessons about ‘patriotic values’ from Folarin Balogun, Pope Leo XIV, and JD VanceThe Founding Fathers meant the “pursuit of happiness” as seeking an honorable and civic-minded life. Donald Trump struggles with both.Trudy Rubin | Columnist Climate denial is what history will remember about July 4, 2026 | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, Trump finds a way to ruin the World Cup after all.Will Bunch | Columnist I visited the Great American State Fair so you don't have toIf you decide to go experience the Great American State Fair before it is dismantled on July 10, don’t say I didn’t warn you.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist For the World Cup or the Fourth of July, Philadelphia shows it’s the place to be | ShackamaxonPlus: Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr. and his wife, City Representative Jazelle Jones, take advantage of the system, and legislators in Harrisburg blow their budget deadline — again.Daniel Pearson | Columnist The America-turns-250 column Donald Trump doesn’t want me to writeAmericans have been showing our best selves as the nation turns 250, but grifter Trump sees this as a distraction to steal.Will Bunch | Columnist Trump’s Great American State Fair reveals how he has turned the Semiquincentennial into a celebration of himselfAmerican values still shine in warmth toward visiting World Cup teams and their fans, and local July Fourth events.Trudy Rubin | Columnist The Ben Franklin Bridge turns 100. Don’t wait to walk it like I did.I couldn’t believe it took me so long to see the city from this new perspective and to learn about the bridge's history.Stephanie Farr | Columnist Another Jan. 6 coup? Trump is screaming it out loud. | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the World Cup: Not what, yet better than, I expected.Will Bunch | Columnist Five wacky things I saw on the Nic Cage bar crawlFrom costumes based on Nicolas Cage characters to "Cage matches," here are some highlights of Sunday's Uncaged in Jenkintown: A Nic Cage cocktail crawl.Stephanie Farr | Columnist Assailed by right and left, the Peace Corps continues to make an apolitical differenceThe volunteer government aid agency is based on the proposition that bringing different people together in peaceful cooperation can help them thrive.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle mirrors what’s ailing AmericaAmericans want the war with Iran to be over, but Trump is more concerned with putting a Mar-a-Lago-esque stamp on the nation’s capital.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist DACA and TPS recipients pump billions into the U.S. economy. Trump wants them gone anyway.While the human impact of President Trump’s immigration policies is immeasurable, the economic damage is clear.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist America at 250: 50-year sentences for progressive protesters. Freedom for millionaires.The shocking 50-to-100-year prison sentences to leftist Texas protesters are more fascism than true criminal justice.Will Bunch | Columnist I’ve seen struggles for democracy around the world. It’s painful to see that battle come home.For decades I’ve reported on the struggles of other countries to achieve the kind of free elections that most Americans have taken for granted. The U.S. was a lodestar. That's all changed.Trudy Rubin | Columnist See more storiesAdvertisement
Getting ‘legal status’ in America is harder than most people think. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE before he could.A resident of the U.S. for 35 years, the construction worker was fatally shot by ICE agents while still trying to navigate the nation’s arcane immigration system.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist an hour ago
Getting ‘legal status’ in America is harder than most people think. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by ICE before he could.A resident of the U.S. for 35 years, the construction worker was fatally shot by ICE agents while still trying to navigate the nation’s arcane immigration system.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist an hour ago
At Ankara summit, tantrums aside, Trump finally awakens to Ukraine’s tech brilliance | OpinionTrudy Rubin | Columnist
At Ankara summit, tantrums aside, Trump finally awakens to Ukraine’s tech brilliance | OpinionTrudy Rubin | Columnist
Nobody likes property tax hikes, but the city already protects lower-income homeowners | ShackamaxonDaniel Pearson | Columnist
Nobody likes property tax hikes, but the city already protects lower-income homeowners | ShackamaxonDaniel Pearson | Columnist
Graham Platner and the Democrats’ war on expertiseThe party spent years mocking Republicans for dismissing credentials. Now its voters are doing the same thing.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Graham Platner and the Democrats’ war on expertiseThe party spent years mocking Republicans for dismissing credentials. Now its voters are doing the same thing.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Holiday lessons about ‘patriotic values’ from Folarin Balogun, Pope Leo XIV, and JD VanceThe Founding Fathers meant the “pursuit of happiness” as seeking an honorable and civic-minded life. Donald Trump struggles with both.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Holiday lessons about ‘patriotic values’ from Folarin Balogun, Pope Leo XIV, and JD VanceThe Founding Fathers meant the “pursuit of happiness” as seeking an honorable and civic-minded life. Donald Trump struggles with both.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Climate denial is what history will remember about July 4, 2026 | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, Trump finds a way to ruin the World Cup after all.Will Bunch | Columnist
Climate denial is what history will remember about July 4, 2026 | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, Trump finds a way to ruin the World Cup after all.Will Bunch | Columnist
I visited the Great American State Fair so you don't have toIf you decide to go experience the Great American State Fair before it is dismantled on July 10, don’t say I didn’t warn you.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
I visited the Great American State Fair so you don't have toIf you decide to go experience the Great American State Fair before it is dismantled on July 10, don’t say I didn’t warn you.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
For the World Cup or the Fourth of July, Philadelphia shows it’s the place to be | ShackamaxonPlus: Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr. and his wife, City Representative Jazelle Jones, take advantage of the system, and legislators in Harrisburg blow their budget deadline — again.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
For the World Cup or the Fourth of July, Philadelphia shows it’s the place to be | ShackamaxonPlus: Councilmember Curtis Jones Jr. and his wife, City Representative Jazelle Jones, take advantage of the system, and legislators in Harrisburg blow their budget deadline — again.Daniel Pearson | Columnist
The America-turns-250 column Donald Trump doesn’t want me to writeAmericans have been showing our best selves as the nation turns 250, but grifter Trump sees this as a distraction to steal.Will Bunch | Columnist
The America-turns-250 column Donald Trump doesn’t want me to writeAmericans have been showing our best selves as the nation turns 250, but grifter Trump sees this as a distraction to steal.Will Bunch | Columnist
Trump’s Great American State Fair reveals how he has turned the Semiquincentennial into a celebration of himselfAmerican values still shine in warmth toward visiting World Cup teams and their fans, and local July Fourth events.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
Trump’s Great American State Fair reveals how he has turned the Semiquincentennial into a celebration of himselfAmerican values still shine in warmth toward visiting World Cup teams and their fans, and local July Fourth events.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
The Ben Franklin Bridge turns 100. Don’t wait to walk it like I did.I couldn’t believe it took me so long to see the city from this new perspective and to learn about the bridge's history.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
The Ben Franklin Bridge turns 100. Don’t wait to walk it like I did.I couldn’t believe it took me so long to see the city from this new perspective and to learn about the bridge's history.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Another Jan. 6 coup? Trump is screaming it out loud. | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the World Cup: Not what, yet better than, I expected.Will Bunch | Columnist
Another Jan. 6 coup? Trump is screaming it out loud. | Will Bunch NewsletterPlus, the World Cup: Not what, yet better than, I expected.Will Bunch | Columnist
Five wacky things I saw on the Nic Cage bar crawlFrom costumes based on Nicolas Cage characters to "Cage matches," here are some highlights of Sunday's Uncaged in Jenkintown: A Nic Cage cocktail crawl.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Five wacky things I saw on the Nic Cage bar crawlFrom costumes based on Nicolas Cage characters to "Cage matches," here are some highlights of Sunday's Uncaged in Jenkintown: A Nic Cage cocktail crawl.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Assailed by right and left, the Peace Corps continues to make an apolitical differenceThe volunteer government aid agency is based on the proposition that bringing different people together in peaceful cooperation can help them thrive.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Assailed by right and left, the Peace Corps continues to make an apolitical differenceThe volunteer government aid agency is based on the proposition that bringing different people together in peaceful cooperation can help them thrive.Jonathan Zimmerman | Columnist
Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle mirrors what’s ailing AmericaAmericans want the war with Iran to be over, but Trump is more concerned with putting a Mar-a-Lago-esque stamp on the nation’s capital.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle mirrors what’s ailing AmericaAmericans want the war with Iran to be over, but Trump is more concerned with putting a Mar-a-Lago-esque stamp on the nation’s capital.Jenice Armstrong | Columnist
DACA and TPS recipients pump billions into the U.S. economy. Trump wants them gone anyway.While the human impact of President Trump’s immigration policies is immeasurable, the economic damage is clear.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
DACA and TPS recipients pump billions into the U.S. economy. Trump wants them gone anyway.While the human impact of President Trump’s immigration policies is immeasurable, the economic damage is clear.Luis F. Carrasco | Columnist
America at 250: 50-year sentences for progressive protesters. Freedom for millionaires.The shocking 50-to-100-year prison sentences to leftist Texas protesters are more fascism than true criminal justice.Will Bunch | Columnist
America at 250: 50-year sentences for progressive protesters. Freedom for millionaires.The shocking 50-to-100-year prison sentences to leftist Texas protesters are more fascism than true criminal justice.Will Bunch | Columnist
I’ve seen struggles for democracy around the world. It’s painful to see that battle come home.For decades I’ve reported on the struggles of other countries to achieve the kind of free elections that most Americans have taken for granted. The U.S. was a lodestar. That's all changed.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
I’ve seen struggles for democracy around the world. It’s painful to see that battle come home.For decades I’ve reported on the struggles of other countries to achieve the kind of free elections that most Americans have taken for granted. The U.S. was a lodestar. That's all changed.Trudy Rubin | Columnist
